Every Christmas season calls for the Christmas cake. Here is the quintessential cake recipe which will help you with the creation.

The Christmas cake is a recipe that needs to be matured and it is best that you make it sometime in advance. You need to give some time for preparation and nurture it over time. It is a fruitcake that needs to be fed with brandy, whisky and rum from time to time to build the flavor and keep the cake moist as well.

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Ingredients

  • One kg of dried fruits, the mixed kind
  • Juice and zest of one orange as well as lemon
  • 150 ml of brandy
  • A similar amount of rum, whisky or sherry
  • 250 g of butter
  • 200 gm of brown sugar
  • 175 gm of flour
  • Ground almond, 100 g
  • Half a teaspoon of baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons of mixed spice
  • Half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon, cloves, flaked almonds
  • Four large eggs
  • A teaspoon of vanilla extract

How to prepare

The dried fruits, juice and zest, sugar and butter need to be put in a pan and heated over medium flame. Once the mixture boils, reduce the heat and allow the mixture to simmer. Once the mixture has simmered, allow it to cool for a period of thirty minutes.

Line a cake tin and place a baking parchment as well as adding a double layer of newspaper on the outside. Add in the remaining ingredients to the fruit mixture made. Pour it into the tin that is prepared and level it. Allow the mixture to bake for a period of two hours.

Once the cake is prepared, poke holes in it and spoon in the alcohol you choose. Leave the cake for cooling off. You can peel off the parchment then and wrap with cling film. Put in one to two tablespoons of alcohol into the cake every fortnight. Let the cake dry during the final week and allow the surface to dry. Then add the icing to the cake.

The cake can be prepared a few weeks before Christmas. It will allow the flavors to sink in.

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Try dessert alternatives

A Christmas dessert can be made with similar ingredients. All you need to do is replace the cake with ice cream. Create the spice, fruit and nut and alcohol mixture and mix it in the ice cream, which you can cure for a day or two in the freezer. It is a simple but wonderful recipe to try for the special day. It will surely be a great dessert to serve with your Christmas lunch. For your kids, here are some delightful Delicious Candies for Christmas recipes to try out. For making your Christmas lunch or dinner a success, plan ahead and get your recipes together. Combine some familiar with new dishes so that you do not face any problem when you are preparing the items and nothing goes wrong in the preparation or the final layout of the meal and you are confident of preparing the same. The site mentioned can help you find links to easy Christmas recipes.